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machine. If the logon is not successful, the Logon dialog box will appear
prompting for your security identification. When logging in, the user name,
password, and domain are limited to 100 characters.
5. If you highlighted a target in the Replication Console, the target will already be
selected. If it is not, select the Storage Mirroring Recover target. This is your
backup server that will protect the source. Click Next to continue.
Note:
Storage Mirroring Recover will automatically attempt to log on to the
selected target using the identification of the user logged on to the local
machine. If the logon is not successful, the Logon dialog box will appear
prompting for your security identification. When logging in, the user name,
password, and domain are limited to 100 characters.
6. On the next screen, verify Create a new replication set with this name is
selected.
7. Enter a name for your replication set, and click Next to continue.
8. A tree display appears identifying the volumes and directories available on your
source. Mark the check box of the volumes and/or directories you want to protect.
Click Next to continue.
9. There are two pre-defined locations to store the source data on the target, or you
can select a custom location. For this evaluation, select the option Send all data to
the same path on the target. This option keeps the directory structure on the
source and target identical.
10. Click Next to continue.
11. Review your selections on the summary screen. You do not need to set any
advanced options for this evaluation, so click Finish. The Connection Wizard will
close, the connection will be established, and mirroring and replication will begin.
12. You will be prompted to save your newly created replication set. Click Yes to save
it.
2. Monitoring the activity and completion of the initial mirror
View your new connection in the Replication Console by highlighting the source on the
left pane. The connection will appear on the right pane. Use the horizontal scroll bar at
the bottom of the right pane to view the various status columns. Pay attention to the
Mirror Status column which shows the status of the mirroring operation. During the
mirroring process, you will see a percentage of the mirror that has been completed.
When the Mirror Status changes to Idle, there is no mirroring activity, meaning your
initial mirror has completed.